Bangor police are reminding Mainers that smoking marijuana is public remains illegal, even though Mainers legalized possession of small amounts of pot in 2016.

“Blazin' up a fatty while scrubbing your dirties might seem like a superb and supreme way to pass the time until the Tide Pods do the job for which they were intended; we get it,” Bangor police stated a viral Facebook post.

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The department is known across the country for its witty Facebook posts written by Lt. Tim Cotton. The page has more than 250,000 followers.

Cotton wrote officers were called to a Bangor laundromat for a man smoking marijuana in his car.

Under Maine law, marijuana can only be used in a private setting.

The law also states, "The operator of a vehicle on a public way or a passenger in the vehicle may not consume marijuana or marijuana concentrate." Violators face a $100 fine.

“The issue is that ‘smoking the weed’ is not an approved PUBLIC activity,” Cotton wrote. “One of the specific rules of our new found freedom was that marijuana was not intended to be smoked in public...or in the driver's seat.”

According to police, the man was doing laundry when he was smoking marijuana in his car. He did not receive a summons, police said.

A bill to establish rules for the retail sale of recreational marijuana failed earlier this month and there is no regulating body for commercial marijuana establishments.